Residents share destruction of Ventura County Fire

Residents in Santa Paula, Ventura and Ojai are sharing images on social media of the Thomas Fire, also known as the Ventura County Fire and Santa Paula Fire, raging across the west side of Ventura County.

Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center, which evacuated animals to boarding facility and airport due to #ThomasFire , is seeking donations of large and small dog crates, cat crates, pet food and cash donations to help cover expenses. See website to donate santapaulaarc.org.

Scary night last night. My family in Ojai got home last night from a Disneyland trip to find a city-wide blackout and SMS alerts to evacuate the growing #ThomasFire . They had no cell/internet, so they called us in PDX on a landline to get fire updates and map an escape route.

Seeing updates about the fires currently happening in Southern California right now is heartbreaking. It hasn't been 2 months since the wildfires here in Northern California and yet another area is burning. #ThomasFire#CreekFire#RyeFire